Supreme Court Lets State Redistricting Stand

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state’s redistricting.

The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state’s 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the 2010 census to draw new district lines in 2011. The state House and Senate instead argued for several weeks before ending their 2011 session without adopting new maps.

The NAACP had asked for that election to be set aside and special elections to be held under a court-ordered plan. It said that using the old maps violated the one-person, one-vote principle by diluting African-American voting strength.

Courts affirmed a ruling that allowed state lawmakers to run in their old districts that year.

The justices, without comment, upheld the lower court rulings

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